The Action Congress of Nigeria and
the Congress for Progressive Change, said two terms of four years each as was
currently being practised, was better.
National Publicity Secretary of the
ACN, Lai Mohammed, said, “The position of our party has been consistent, two
terms of four years each.
“There is nothing wrong with the
system. What does the preclusion of Jonathan and governors from participating
from the 2015 elections got to do with anything?
“Six years is a long time in
politics. The beauty of democracy is not only in the ability of the people to
participate in voting in a people to govern them but also in their power to
vote out non-performing governments.
“What prevents somebody who comes in
on the six-year single term bait from seeking to make it three terms of six
years each? What stops another National Assembly coming in to change the
constitution again?
“Without prejudice to what they are
proposing, we are of the view that the clause dealing with the issue of tenure
is fine as it is.”
Speaking in a similar vein, his
counterpart in the CPC, Mr. Rotimi Fahakin, said, “You know the President who
started this tenure thing probably thought he would benefit from it. He has
been told bluntly by the Senate, that this is not going to be.
“For us, I wouldn’t really know the
problem this amendment to the constitution hopes to solve in our political
system.
“What we have always known is that
the people should always be the fulcrum of any political decision we want to
take.
“The current two terms of four years
each if properly used like it is done in advanced democracies like the United
States, is good enough for our own environment; in that it keeps the people as
the focus of the democratic value of our political system.”
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